Photograph
African American Woman at Work in McCormick Works' Community Garden
| African American woman tending to her plot in the McCormick Works' garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's "garden project." The gardens were intended to aid unemployed and underemployed workers from the company's factories. Employees with at least five years service were eligible for garden plots. The McCormick Works community gardens were located near 95th street and Crawford Avenue, and consisted of approximately 440 acres divided into 50 by 150 feet plots. The gardens were utilized by over 1,800 employees. |
| Image ID: | 11633 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 1932 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 13Z, Album 22, Box 12, Folder 1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.5 x 6.5 inches |
| Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department.
Folder: Gardens For more information see "It's Harvest Time for Chicago's New Army of City Farmers" in the Chicago Sunday Times, October 9, 1932. See also Image IDs: 8584, 11635, 11637, 11638, 11645, 11647. |
| Agricultural implements |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Vegetables |
| Plants |
| Trees |
| Dresses |
| Gardens |
| Unemployment |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| African Americans |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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